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Re: The 2001 lineup (list on FBTB)
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:52:10 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> It would look dark red (or black) on a "human size" helmet, but in lego it
> would still look red because it's so small and there's not enough plastic to
> produce a shadowing effect... that would have been the case on the action
> figure as well, that's why they went with black. The standard lego trans-red
> isn't dark enough (IMO) so lego would need to make a darker trans-red to make
> it look right... I imagine though that they will just make it black...
You might be surprised. Putting the "UFO" alien helmet on a trans-orange head
produces a very dark eyesocket. The visor slit for the Imperial Guard would
probably be about the same size. If they actually made it trans-red, it would
come out looking very much like the picture on the official site, I think.
The Hasbro figs are probably painted black because, really, they do look black
in practice, and you can't really "paint" trans-red. Molding the face and then
placing a dark trans-red visor over it would be ridiculously hard.
My guess is that Lego will go for a black head, a la Boba Fett, though.
eric
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| (...) You're right about this, but you have to remember that the UFO helmets put some distance between the head and the slits... this allows for shadowing. The Imperial Guard's helmet will be more like the ninja masks, which have the slits right (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Happens to the best of us my friend... :) (...) Well, as Mark already said the official site shows the visors as trans-red as well... I think we're probably both right, that it's just a very dark red and my eyes aren't as good as yours so it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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